the park is divided into 2 sections we are in the stern area. when you get over to pine lake meadow and pine lake, pine lake is considered a natural area. in 1847, the green family came out here, back then this was kind of an empty canyon and sand dun area. they claimed this property. in 1892. george green who's a second generation built the truckdaro club house. there was a hotel then. it was said this was the place to go if you were weary of the dirty city and the police. there were a couple of gun fights the front door has bullet holes. i don't ever repair them. 1931 stig mond bought the property from the green family. she donated it to the city of san francisco and had a specification, i'm giving it to the city that will be used forever for the enjoyment forever of the people of the city of san francisco. it has ever since. every summer the stern grove association in san francisco rec and parks put on 10 free concerts. usually people come out at 10 in the morning it's a family affair. everybody is on the lawn with picnics and it's free. anyb

celebrated on may the ninth mark lerner was one of those responsible for instituting a new day for stern and i think c.j. there is marked in the european style on may eighth but celebrations on that date or of an entirely different kind. after. their freedom fighters. sixty six years ago today. on may eighth one thousand nine hundred forty five. a world war two. officially came to an end. by freedom fighters the defense minister means the few surviving veterans of the twentieth estonian s.s. division and all those in fort on the side of nazi germany the veterans have been brought to the german cemetery on the outskirts. of taliban but their brothers in arms about. the police bans speeches by representatives of public organizations wreaths from the government and other official agencies. on the same evening the chairman of the anti fascist coalition of a stone yeah we're tired colonel vladimir matelot so that's making preparations for victory day kyra hello karl this is mattel it's a speaking how are you remember what we have agreed to do you're wearing all your medals right that's becaus

andy stern, i'll start with you. is the public ready for this and the sacrifice that will be required of different groups? >> i think they're tired of it, doesn't seem to make my sense. at the same time, when you get to issues that are important to them, they're concerned about their particular area. so i think they're as ready as they're ever going to be. i don't think more information really matters. i think this is about making tough choices and moving on. >> senator domenici, is the public ready for this? >> well, i'm kind of of two minds, but i will let the part that i think is more realistic answer. i don't think they are. because of one major thing. the biggest special interest, believe it or not, is the senior citizen and the aarp membership. that's the biggest lobbying group, without question. now, some people say that's not fair, they aren't a lobbying group, but they are, and they are very difficult and tough if they're not -- if they're dead set against you. now, where are they? well, from my standpoint,

is fast approaching amid stern opposition from the u.s. and israel thousands of palestinians have gathered in the west bank city of ramallah to show their support for. israel is suffering before from a u.s. supported arab spring key regional players like egypt and turkey turning away from israel as a loser support over foreign policy. and greeks accuse their government of being out of touch with the stark economic realities facing their country as e.u. leaders seek solutions to keep the nation from default and the i.m.f. has now worn the e.u. and us it faces another recession unless drastic measures are taken to cut spending . now as our palestine's bid for statehood at the united nations looms close world's eyes on israel we spoke to the former head of the israeli secret services army a young man who thinks that solutions to peace in the region do actually exist he shares his insight in our interview that is coming your way right. nothing i have going on and israeli politician and the former head of the same bit the israeli secret service

public displays of soviet symbols are banned in a stern year even though an exception has been made for veterans on may the eighth and ninth they were at risk if they venture out into the streets wearing their medals on victory day. on previous occasions youngsters would come up to you and spit in your face there are cases like that. but that's not the way the where the medals now that's the situation here. it's not an honor any longer. the russian military cemetery in tallinn this memorial symbolizes the country's liberation from fascist troops it is informally known as the bronze soldier may the ninth is not a public holiday in a stone year thousands of people seek to obtain permission to be absent from work in order to come to the monument and greet the veterans. thank you thank you laurie to all your hearers. was up until two thousand and seven the memorial stood on thomas maggie square in central talon in two thousand and six this tony and government relocated the bronze soldier there was strong protests by the russophone population russian speakers account for one third of their p

many ethnic a stern in seek employment abroad precisely because they speak russian then land is actively promoting relations with russia with each year the number of tourists visiting both countries grows. when in russian speaking drivers when our tourists go to russia it's important that they're skilled drivers with a good command of russian they find it easier to get around there if they speak russian when russian tourists come to finland they always get a russian speaking driver who can tell them about the place and give advice. to weeks in finland one week at home this is the operating schedule of the estonian driver olvey cooler after he got employment with a finnish bus company in two thousand and nine he bought a house his cherished dream the money here was enough to buy a plot of land pay for the design the building process takes all his free time all the cooler must finish everything before winter to settle down with his family in a new house. for wages in western countries are three to four times higher than a stone here i quit my job of my own accord to earn a little money whi

you have andy stern, the former president of sciu, former long-time supporter, members of the jobs panel and also the bowles-simpson commission, and he challenged the president already, writing in "new york times" he's erred on the side of trying to reason with unreasonable people which seems to be the wrong strategy. there is not a clear understanding in most people's minds of what is his philosophy. in republicans there is a clear understanding. what do you say to that? >> i would say to andy and the american people and congress, who will be there tonight, listen to what the president has to say tonight, because the president will tell the american people and he will tell congress i'm going to send you the american jobs act. it is my idea, it is my set of ideas, my plans, for how we can make sure that american people are working, creating and saving jobs, doing that in places where there are needs, whether it's rebuilding our roads and bridges, keeping teachers in front of our children in classrooms, thinking about the rest of our infrastructure, also finding ways to encourage and ince

andy stern, thank you for joining us, and we appreciate your time.c will bring you live coverage of the president's speech on jobs when he addresses the joint session of congress tonight at 7:00 p.m. eastern and join thegrio.com for post speech analysis. you can go there to the grio.com or hash tack thegrio.com. >>> chanting by the protesters put a stop for the first full deficit reduction super committee this morning. they have until november to slash $1.4 trillion from the budget. but they are warning that steep cuts could endanger national security, and you can hear the chanting already there. >>> and the ten-year anniversary of the 9/11 attacks is bringing up painful memories for the nation, but for the loved ones who lost their families that day, the pain will never go away. and michelle was a air looline attendant, and she is said to have died protecting crew and passengers. her husband joins us today. thank you for being here with us today. >> thank you. >> i loved to read about your relationship with michelle and you described her as your fri

and president obama unveils his half a trillion dollar jobs act accompanied by stern.

president obama unveils his half a trillion dollars job sites accompanied by stern warnings there's no time left for the political bickering. this plays out. thank you for joining me and here are the top sports stories. in the future i saw these top stars offer to rebuild the locomotive side after wednesday's plane crash killed all but one of its. while more lewis hamilton dominates friday's practice call the italian grown great off the spinning out of the previous four one race in belgium. hot so heavy it's alex its kotex a fifteen kilogram engine to his w.b.c. title defense it has its hogwash about that and silence is the talk of the time and . now the initial steps are being taken to rebuild like i want jaroslav all i saw after wednesday's plane crash kills thirty six of their players and coaching staff as the bosses of the kontinental hockey league of all steams to give up some of their players to create a new lock zero side to ensure the club's future only means one thirty seven year old former russian captain alex says he'll come out of retirement rejoin that's when we play for t

and president obama unveils his half a trillion dollar jobs act accompanied by stern warnings that there's no time left for political bickering. next small sco out expose the nicest routes in moscow for a gentle stroll where the usual indian summer of september provides a great time to visit as are about to find. montero. historic. friendly. dynamic. to friends but. my co. hello welcome to the must go out show on the program this week i'll be exploring the russian capital by foot one of the scummy neighborhoods can you take a stroll around what you wore when the weather was bad and what the situations when you realize it outside the busy city center and we started here just south of the kremlin of the area called the mosque where that. the streets of moscow you'll see him will have a time machine you have to see if you will lose a few something exciting very different take him out one of the streets in the usual way the city song boulevard late some tough was. the neighborhood of some us friendship is one of the capital's gems translation to english as the land beyond the moscow river it's

>>ose: andy stern, what did you think? >> i thought it was a great speech. i thought it was practical, principled and i think the sense of urgency waseally important. but i don't think the speech was given to the people in congress, it was really given to the american people and i think it came across... there are real choices to be made and it's time to make those choices. >> rose: what did you think he had to accomplish? a sense of urgency and a sense that i'm laying out something we can achieve and i'm going to push for it and i need your hope the convince the congress to do it? >> i think that was important, but i think what... it's not just what he said today. i think it's really... the challenge of this administration is what do they do tomorrow and next week? they have to stay focused on this iue. they have to keep asking congress to make a choe and he has to continue to find common ground solutions, including the ones he laid out and some i think select included. >> rose: come back to that. ken? >> i thought it was a phenomenal speech from an oratory

also andrew stern and eric cantor. this event is hosted by the american action network. it is one hour, 20 minutes. >> i am not here to deliver a prepared speech. i am here to talk to you about the american jobs act and to give you a sense of the rationale for why we put forward the american jobs act and why we chose the component that together make up what we feel is an strong and powerful an initiative to jump-start growth and job creation in our country. we face today a serious economic challenge, a difficult economic moments that deserves a serious economic response as parts of an economic growth strategy. we already knew we were digging out of the worst economic hold our country has been in since the great depression. we now know more about how deep that hole was. if you were to look at the blue chip in november of 2008, the projections or the economy in the fourth quarter of 2008 and be forced -- first quarter of 2009 was that it would average a loss of 1.65%. that is what the obama transition team was looking at. we now know that over those two quarters, growth av

i'm going to leave you stern.applause] >> in an urban high school in the science laboratory lab, two girls are discussing their project. >> you don't even know what you are doing the -- doing. you're dumb. >> you test too much. >> the day has come. the projects are to be returned. >> see, i told you? mine was the best. i told you, dummy. besides, let me see what you guys have. >> you know, i'm leaving. after school, alice and delores park thinking about human behavior. >> i don't know what people want to -- from me, for real. i have to say i think people just want me to be perfect. but you know what? i am capable of doing anything. it doesn't matter who i am or the way i look. what matters is the effort. i will study more. >> alice studied hard. she gets automatic a's. she's on the honor roll! -- she gets all a's. she's on the honor roll. >> oh, my god. i can't believe it? you see? i am capeable. don't call me dummy. now who do you think schnur i am a girl with just good grades. >> the morale of this story is that

guy is that pretty much the stern that you found out? happen to be with him to his earlier years and i actually worked rampart 17 years and lived to tell about there is a sight of him on forgery that the public does not to seek is one of the most interesting and sensitive is that of the words the thought you would hear? we're really, probably as a dear friend as i have in the business, a mentor and someone who cares a lot about my career and me personally. >> your president of the phoenix suns for how long? >> in nine years. >> and if i have this right the owner of the sons recommended you to the warriors. >> yes, how about that, the action pick of the phone and said you know if you guys are still paid for someone to run your business operates nothing can have some on the man to talk to. >> the new york times had a wonderful story, you are a trailblazer, the highest- ranking openly gay executives in the history of sports are just in the nba? >> i think it is in men's team sports. >> how tough is that, the macho professional sports to com

>> >> sean: we continue with our great great american panel many tony bennett goes on howard stern'se says, -- i'm going play it in a second. followed by his apology today on "the view." >> who are the terrorists are we the terrorists or are[mv they the terrorists? >> i'm sorry if my statements expressed anything other than my expression of my love for my country my hope for humanity and my desire for peace throughout the world. nobody loves america more than i do. >> sean: what? >> i mean, he memorizes lyrics to songs, he couldn't memorize this? was it heartfelt or not? what is that? worried about not going to sell records after what he said the other day? >> sean: he might be afraid he's dixie chicked? >> where is he going to sell his stuff now to the after began anies? horrible remark. maybe we -- maybe we shouldn't have got involved with france and he could sell his albums to all of hitler's offspring now. >> sean: ouch! >> we just had a 10 year memorial for the people who lost people. they will be suffering for the rest of their lives this was ridiculous. >> totally to sell reco

it is also worked at stern grove where he has excelled as a groundskeeper caring for the popular andeavily-used soccer field and all diamonds. the quality of the field out there ever suffered. to the state his diamonds are known to be some of the most requested and lease complained about in our entire system. at one point in his career he took voice lessons to become a deejay. although he was not cut out for the job, he soon became articulate in a verbal arts. i think that was reflected in his passionate advocacy. the nickname silver tong still follows him to the state. as an employee, he is a supervisors dream, often taking care of issues before his supervisor eve of talks to him about them. a typical conversation goes something like this. just got a call, a line break up west. artie does get out and called the plumbers. ok, see you at lunch. [laughter] carter church. his work for the department a little over five years. he was responsible for the shakespeare garden and one-third of the japanese garden. he burst the pursuit on academics that is on his own time, elevating its own ski

phil beat out howard stern as well as tiger woods. >> dr. phil's doing well. >> he certainly is. >> how many people would have predicted the number one? >> he has done oit all on his own. >> his mattress is full of money. >>> this comes to us from wcnc news channel 36 in charlotte, north carolina, where the weak economy is accomplishing what neither snow nor rain nor gloom of night could do for one mail carrier. over the past ten years tony has formed family-like ties with one community by going above and beyond, including helping children and stopping burglaries while delivering the mail. budget cuts are forcing him to be reassigned, so residents organized special good-byes to show him just how much he'll be missed. >>> i'm vinita nair and this is "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. >>> two baby giant sea otters are getting ready for their close-up, getting ready to meet the public at los angeles zoo. they still need to be bottle-fed for a few months, but they take turns going on exhibit with their pare

. >>> singer tony bennett is now apologizing for comments made about terrorism on the howard stern showis what he said monday. >> who are the terrorists? are we or are they? two wrongs don't make a right. they flew the plane but we caused it. >> why? because... >> they were -- we were bombing them, they told us to stop. said what are you doing? they came on stronger z they said, come on, we're going to have to retall yai. no. no. they said go. give four time as much. >> and ben yet issued an apology, quote there is simply no excuse for terrorism and the murder of 3,000 innocent victims of the september 11th attacks. i am sorry if any mi statements suggested anything other than expression of love for my country. end of statement from tony ben yet. >> and moving on a buzz over bees in santa clairea. take a look. thousands of bees swarmed on a tree in santa clara. many a limb weighed down fell on to a picnic area. and bay area bee busters say they were two, maybe 300 pounds of honey on the limb. >> and stay with us, bomb. sure, pulling the mold, mildew, and grime from out of the porous cav

officers came, stern, and the live, returned fire without hitting the suspect. the officers continued their verbal commands to the suspect to put up his hands and leave the vehicles. the suspect got out of the driver's door, raised his hands, took off his shirt doing a full circle. the suspect then dropped his hands to his waist and took a few steps toward the officers who did not fire at these provoking actions. the suspect then returned to his car and sat on the running board. officers kept up a stream of commands for the suspect to surrender which he ignored. officer pain move down the alley toward the alley, warning people to get out of the street. sgt. paine had arrived at a position parallel to that of the subject -- suspect. the suspect turned in the car and appeared to be getting something. he turned back toward the officers who again held their fire. the suspect turned back toward the inside of the vehicle, appeared to shield his movement. officer -- sgt. kane saw the suspect reached under his driver seat. the suspect then spun around toward the officer

he told howard stern they flew the planes in but we caused it.no excuse for terrorism and the murder of 3,000 in the victims. >>> and ashton kutcher and charlie sheen, ratings watchers. highest ever on the network. ash toon kutchers debut on 2 "2 1/2 men." 28 million tuned in. a series high and the best prescripted tv shows since debt pris housewives in 2005. >>> that's the news to get you started. "american morning" is back right after this break. >>> nine minut of the hour. good morning to you. we asked you to "talk back" on one of the big stories of the day. the question this morning -- is it time to rethink the death penalty? from frank, why would criminals be afraid of punishment when there is none? how many parole hearings does a convicted criminal get? set them free to do it all over again? how many do we need to hear about? how kids need to be killed because a killer is set free? brian says, a civilized way to. >> moderator:er as punishment. teach our kids violence is okay if it's to a bad person? when will we as a nation realize violence

andy stern and the other seiu leaders removed 100 elected leaders of uhw, basically occupied the local, removed hundreds of stewards in the second largest trusteeship in u.s. labor history. at the same time, even though they were both part of the dynamic new labor federation known as change to win, sei u-turned its guns on the hotel workers' side of that fellow founding union of change to win, unleashing another whole front of civil warfare. while all this was going on on the mainland here, of course, you had the seiu attack on the puerto rican teachers, 40,000 teachers in a militant, independent union went out on an island-wide strike under the draconian public sector laws in effect in puerto rico, the union was decertified when it took a strike vote. the then-governor of puerto rico refused to bargain any further, the strike had a lot of support in puerto rico. it was over the critical issue of privatization of the schools. seiu which represents school superintendents and principals and other school employees was well positioned to provide solidarity to the fmpr. instead of doing tha

>> he was on the howard stern show. he is promoting this new album he has called duets ii.omments about 9/11. if i'm going to boil it down very succinctly saying it was basically america's fault that the terrorists came and attacked the world trade center towers. you can find all the exact quotes scoop. he has now come out and apologized for what he said. let's pull up exactly his statement. he said my life experiences, ranging from the battle of the bulk in world war ii to marching with martin luther king made me a lifelong humanist and pacifist and reinforced my belief that violence begets violence and that war is the lowest form of human behavior. my hope for humanity and my desire for peace throughout the world. i think it is safe to say when he is on the howard stern show, he didn't really realize what a fire storm it would cause but yesterday, well into the night, the internet was really just alive with people weighing in on what they thought about tony bennett's comments. >>> on a much lighter note. i like when you end with something happy or funny. this one is not.

earlier this week he told radio host howard stern that the us is to blame for the terrorist attack because of past bombing attacks. tonight tony bennett is apologizing thing there is no excuse for terrorism or mass murder. then it will be in concert this weekend of them on winery in saratoga. >> tonight to former berkeley students are enjoying your perspective freedom in more than two years. >>> they ran into the arms of their families after being gone out of iran to the gulf states. the judge granted their release after her bail of $1 million was paid. >>> we are so happy and relieved we are free. >>> and, we sincerely hope for the freedom of other political prisoners and other unjustly imprisoned people in iran. >> the two men were sentenced to eight years for spying after being arrested on the iran iraq border in 2009. assert berkeley grad, sarah showers was released the year ago. >> the biggest strike in us history. in just a few hours thousands of nurses in the bay area and all over california are set to walk off the job. elizabeth cook on their demands and the bigger image behind the

>> because he's howard stern!bout alleged drug use either and he asked about how america should deal with terrorists. and then tony said "but who are the terrorists? are we the terrorists or are they the terrorists? two wrongs don't make a right." then he disagreed with stern's premise that the terrorists involvement on 9/11 led to afghanistan. >> they flew the plane in. we caused it because we were bombing them and they told us to stop. i don't know what he's talking about. did you say he's 85 now? in some ways, you can maybe give him a pass. unfortunately, he also gets a megaphone so he can make these ridiculous comments. >> is he talking about the no-fly zone in iraq? >> i don't know. i know he was drafted in 1944 and he served in europe. but he did say, i'm anti-war. war is the lowest form of human behavior. >> all right. good job, tony. look forward to other nuggets of wisdom on stage. >> uh-huh. >> straight ahead, no green card, no problem. now there's a special hotline t help illegal immigrants fight deport

most respected financial journalists are still getting it wrong get my money out there no no no bear sterns is fine do not take your money i just read if there is one k. boy other than the plus four hundred pairs turns is not in trouble i mean if any are more likely to be taken over don't move your money but that's just been silly don't be silly the media was complicit says do you start a financial journalist now with the columbia journalism review the business press former colleagues of mine friends of mine did not really recognize and understand what they were up against how dramatically the the world that changed the lending industry had changes things that you've kind of documented how out of control wall street had become and i think it's a real contributing factor tactic to to how we got to where we are today. even compares the journalists who cover wall street to reporters sent to iraq he said they too were embedded but in the corporate culture. the great panic of two thousand and eight is the equivalent for the bit business media what the iraq war was from that for the washington pr

over all in the professional thesdz david stern was their answer. if they open it up, larry scott is killing it right now. that came from a professor at the university of pennsylvania? >> hard var. >> that was a big complement. the question for you is, what's your next challenge. >> we have plenty of challenges here. one of the exciting things i lived about leaving pro tennis and coming to the pac-10, i saw this huge opportunity working with the schools to gree what they're doing. i couldn't be more r motivated about what we're doing, and i see a lot of chael electrics again. >> thank you very much for joining us. we appreciate it. good luck in your future. >> my pleasure. >>> so some big decisions comes from the pac-12 commissioner in the very near future. that will do it for a very successful day in bay area football. both the raiders and 49ers clock in at 2-1 to start the season. we'll be back next weekh forll o us at nbc bay area, good now. tinchts. >>> roux now on "nbc bay area news," he has arrived. president obama is in the bay area and he's